The Sound of Music

As on of the most famous films of the 60's, The Sound of music had an enormous impact on the movie industry. The film won best picture, best sound, best music, and best director for its year. In terms of earnings, it outsold Gone With the Wind to become the best-selling movie of all time, a title it held for almost a decade.

The film was a major game-changer for Hollywood directors. It defined the idea of a musical film, and inspired several more attempts at the musical film genre. However, imitations such as Dr. Doolittle and Hello, Dolly proves less successful.

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